Early in the morning, Xian Lin'er held Huo Yuhao's arm and walked slowly towards the inner city, looking like a loving couple.
Suotuo City was indeed a main city-level city. Although it was still morning, it already showed a prosperous scene.
Although the Heaven Soul territory had suffered a flood rarely seen in a hundred years, this did not affect the enthusiasm of merchants. Most of the goods sold were relief supplies urgently needed by the disaster victims, and the prices were fair.
Huo Yuhao relaxed for once, simply letting Xian Lin'er drag him around for a stroll. With his current ability, he only needed ten days to half a month to basically complete the treatment of the flood source.
South of Suotuo City was the former site of Shrek Academy, which had been glorious for tens of thousands of years. It was said that ten thousand years ago, when Shrek Academy was not well-known, it had already put forward the weird slogan of only enrolling monsters.
Xian Lin'er knew about that place, and the word "Shrek" was ultimately a thorn between her and Huo Yuhao. Throughout the day, she wanted to suggest going there to take a look countless times, but reason told her not to do so.
How could Huo Yuhao not know her thoughts? Although he could make Xian Lin'er forget her former identity instantly, doing so would undoubtedly be an offense to her personality.
Huo Yuhao couldn't do that to his woman.
Since he coaxed her from Shrek to his side, why not coax her for a lifetime? Leave everything to time.
Even if Xian Lin'er decided to leave in the end, that would be a choice she made herself.
Therefore, the two surprisingly reached an agreement, and neither of them took the initiative to propose visiting the former site of Shrek Academy.
Little did they know, their decision happened to save Xian Lin'er's life—
Since Shrek Academy was wiped off the continent by Huo Yuhao, the evil deeds of Shrek ten thousand years ago were gradually exposed by poor families who didn't dare to speak out before.
Back then, when Shrek Academy was not well-known, under the banner of only enrolling monsters, they cheated many poor families out of their children's registration fees.
The registration fee was ten Gold Soul Coins, and once failed the entrance test, it was non-refundable.
And ten Gold Soul Coins were enough to support the basic living expenses of most ordinary families for a year.
This led to Shrek Academy being notorious in the Suotuo City area back then. Crucially, those guys were proud of causing trouble.
After all, there was a rule in Shrek's school motto: Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre talents.
Ten thousand years passed. The poor families who suffered humiliation at the gate of Shrek Academy back then passed down this shame and resentment from generation to generation. Many poor children who had the aptitude to become high-level soul masters at that time lost the stepping stone to enter other academies because Shrek shamelessly swallowed the ten Gold Soul Coins gathered by the whole family, thereby missing the opportunity to rise.
Shortly after Shrek was destroyed for the second time, the poor families in this area gathered overnight and burned the entire former site of Shrek.
If Xian Lin'er really went, she would definitely not be able to resist pursuing the responsibility of those people. At that time, she would face overwhelming abuse and accusations, and Xian Lin'er would spend the rest of her life in guilt.
Huo Yuhao didn't know these things either, but the perception of seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck brought by his contract with Die Qiu allowed him to take Xian Lin'er to avoid this calamity.
Huo Yuhao didn't know even more that just because he destroyed Shrek Academy, those poor families whose ancestors had suffered humiliation from Shrek Academy began to erect Huo Yuhao's longevity tablet high in their ancestral halls.
Shrek always represented the interests of the nobility and never cared about the life and death of poor families.
But the Heaven Soul People's Republic founded by Huo Yuhao gave the common people an opportunity to be on equal footing with the princes and nobles...
In the following days, Huo Yuhao took Xian Lin'er to travel over mountains and rivers during the day to control the flood, and at night, Huo Yuhao had to continue to climb mountains and cross ridges on Xian Lin'er to control the "flood" for her.
Huo Yuhao had a hard time, and Xian Lin'er also had a hard time.
And with the injection of massive life essence, Xian Lin'er seemed to have returned to her twenties these days. As long as she could reach Ultimate Douluo within ten years, her lifespan could be smoothly extended to nearly a thousand years.
The two toured the mountains and rivers. Except for Huo Yuhao going out alone once when passing through Yelin City, the two were inseparable, sticking together like glue.
From initial reserved shyness, under Huo Yuhao's careful guidance, Xian Lin'er gradually became bold and direct, interpreting the idiom "like a wolf and a tiger" to the extreme. Fortunately, Huo Yuhao was no longer the old "covering down there Huo" (reference to a meme or past event). Having fused the Mountain Dragon King torso bone, he exerted the power of "earthquake" to the extreme.
Xian Lin'er originally minded Huo Yuhao's playboy nature, until she found that she, a Super Douluo, couldn't bear Huo Yuhao's torment alone, and couldn't help but miss Zhang Lexuan who was sent away by Huo Yuhao.
More importantly, the life aura on Huo Yuhao was simply too terrifying. Even some old injuries and hidden ailments left on Xian Lin'er's body from her early years were completely healed under the cleansing of this massive life essence.
It was no exaggeration to say that as long as Huo Yuhao still bore the Life Seed of the plane, even if he didn't become a god, he possessed a lifespan equal to the planet, and so did his women.
It wasn't until half a month later, when the two flew back to Heaven Dou City, that Huo Yuhao still showed no signs of decline, while Xian Lin'er was even more radiant and fully satisfied.
Die Qiu had long sensed Huo Yuhao's return. She sat on the city tower early, swinging her round long legs, humming a beautiful ballad.
During the days Huo Yuhao left, she would sit on the high city tower every day, looking into the distance, casually humming Die Zi's favorite ballad, waiting for that person's return.
The soldiers guarding under the city tower all regarded her as the girl of their dreams, rushing to be on duty every day, and even fighting for the quota on duty.
Listening to Die Qiu's song, they were intoxicated beyond control.
And Die Qiu's identity was too mysterious. They had thought about inquiring about her name and identity, but were severely warned by the general under Marshal Evil Dragon's tent.
Good heavens, that's the Demon King Huo Yuhao's woman. Do you have the guts to have designs on her?
When Huo Yuhao saw the outline of the city tower from afar, the melodious ballad had already reached his ears.
"You won't love me anymore, nor do you need me anymore;
So I am alone like this;
What exactly did you say at that time, words that couldn't be conveyed drifting in the air;
Knowing clearly in my heart, yet still making wishes today that cannot be realized;
Don't leave—
Please hold my hand tightly;
Quickly say you want to walk down together with me;
Hands with interlaced fingers are warm, so gentle..."
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but hum along, only it wasn't in the language of this planet. Xian Lin'er beside him couldn't understand it either, but she could feel the sorrow from Huo Yuhao's soul.
Only Huo Yuhao knew how many times he looped this song on countless nights after Die Zi left him.
This was the elegy of Huo Yuhao being unable to redeem Die Zi.
Xian Lin'er couldn't help but hold Huo Yuhao's hand which had turned cold tightly, trying to pass a little of her warmth over.
Huo Yuhao held her hand back but said nothing. What no one saw was that deep in his eyes vast as a star ocean, boundless hatred and resentment were brewing rapidly.
If Huo Yuhao hadn't had his heart opened secretly by the God of Lust after transmigrating, perhaps he would have lived a lonely life with this hatred after taking revenge.
Once, his heart was dead.
Zhongli Yu made him learn to love again, Bibi Dong inseparable comforted his devastated soul, Ning Tian and the other two girls activated Huo Yuhao's state of mind with their youthful vivacity, Ma Xiaotao and Cui Yajie gave him the courage to take responsibility, Ju Zi made him pick up the dream of a boy protecting a girl again, and the Snow Empress and Gu Yuena gave him the power to protect those he cherished...
People always say Huo Yuhao made his soulmates, but little do they know that those girls also made the current Demon King.
Now, he was invincible on the continent. Just give him some more time, and he would be able to bid farewell to the god controlling fate with his beautiful wives.
Die Qiu seemed to feel something, looked up at the constantly enlarging black dot on the horizon, and a gentle arc involuntarily appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Silver light flashed repeatedly on Huo Yuhao's body. Riding the wind under his feet, he accelerated, reappearing over Heaven Dou City almost instantly.
The fairy who didn't eat the food of common mortals showed a smile. Amidst the sound of heartbreaks, she threw herself into the boy's arms regardless of everything.
"Autumn, I'm back."
"Hao, welcome back."